Your claim that there’s one manager for every six frontline health workers is way off the mark (Irish Examiner, October 10). A proper look at the figures shows that about 4% of health staff are in non-frontline admin or management jobs. That’s because most ‘administrative’ workers deliver services directly to the public or assist doctors, nurses and other health professionals. For instance, the ‘managers’ you attack include medical secretaries and reception staff. Would it be better to have doctors and nurses booking appointments and typing instead of treating patients?